Looking for a holiday recipe that doubles as a delicious dish and a delightful gift? Mo Rocca and his new friend Ruth Teig have the perfect solution.

In the first video from this year's TVGuide.com Holiday Eats series, Mo returns to Ruth Teig's kitchen, where he first learned how to cook gefilte fish and kreplach for the premiere of his Cooking Channel series My Grandmother's Ravioli. But since Mo only tasted Ruth's famous coffee cake last visit, this time he learns how to make it. Click play below To find out why the recipe not only makes the perfect holiday gift (she bakes hundreds a season!) and also why it makes miracles happen! (We're serious.)

Get Ruth's coffee cake recipe here and don't forget to watch new episodes of My Grandmother's Ravioli on Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c.